Position Details
QA/QC Engineer - Civil Engineering
Building & Infrastructure (Construction)
Head of the Department - B&I
Consultants, contractors, PM team, project QC engineers
Minimum Required Qualifications
- Specialty
- Management of QC engineers of various trades and disciplines
- Conversant and fluent in English language. Preferably Arabic speaking
- Good technical reporting skills in English language
Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering. Preferably with post graduate degree in management or similar.
- Training / Awareness
- Lead Auditor certificate in QMS ISO 9001:2008 or higher
- Development training in QA/QC management
- Preferably with training in Project Management
- Technical knowledge
- Familiar with conditions of contracts particularly FIDIC contracts
- Wide-ranging knowledge and profound understanding of Project Quality Plan (PQP)
- Able to prepare/review PQPs
- Excellent understanding and interpretation of Project Specifications
Minimum 8 years experience in QA/QC management in construction. Preferably with Consultants.
Responsibilities / Authorities / Accountabilities
- Primary Functions
- Support development and implementation of Project Quality Delivery Plan (overall integration of all project quality related processes (i.e. technical quality assurance, construction quality, fabrication quality, ITPs, inspection, etc.).
- Reviewing of all Contractors quality and testing, submissions for contract compliance.
- Carrying out surveillance activities on Contractor's construction activities to ensure compliance with approved methods/materials.
- Issuing regular guidance and information to the quality department and engineering staff to ensure key issues are effectively managed.
- Assisting senior construction staff to monitor and close non-conformances.
- Reporting on Quality performance at construction meetings.
- Ensuring that the approved PQP is implemented on the project.
- Ensure that the works carried out on site are inspected in accordance with the latest approved drawings/documents, project specifications.
- Attend the technical meetings on behalf of the team and capable to manage IRs and team operations in proper flow
- Management Skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with teams and clients.
- Understand project requirements, coordinate with resources and direct the projects in the right direction in a timely manner.
- Ability to manage change and effectively pass on the information down the line to concerned teams for smoother execution.
- Delegate and allocate responsibilities efficiently to manage projects end to end.
- Effectively lead teams and inspire others to achieve goals through innovation, quality and excellence.
- Ability to identify strengths and weaknesses of team members and suitably make changes if required.
- Resource management skills and ability to handle complex / sensitive issues.
- Encourage team interaction, boost employee motivation and appreciate team contribution.
- Ability to match project tasks with opportunities for development so that employee potential is utilised to the maximum.
- Business Requirements
- Maintaining internal and external communication.
- Promotes Bureau Veritas service portfolio to clients.
- Exhibits professional decorum in dealing with clients.
- Self Management
- Respects security guidelines of Bureau Veritas and safeguards personal security in the working environment.
- Actively participates in the sharing of knowledge and information (Knowledge Management).
- Bureau Veritas Core and Business Values
- Results oriented
- Service driven
- Personal efficiency
- Impact and Influencing
- Rigorous
- Problem solving
- Customer Focus
- Maintain regular job related contact with clients.
- Understand client needs and work to achieve successful project outcomes.
- Develop trust and open communication with the client.
- Regularly monitor customer satisfaction.
- Proactively market Bureau Veritas services.
- Maintains rapport with clients.
- HSE Requirements
- Comply at all times with all applicable legal requirements, BV Dubai HSE Policies and procedures, client's HSE procedures and code of practices.
- Maintain personal work areas tidy and hazard free and report any deviation/fault/hazard immediately to the location manager/line manager/supervisor
- Report immediately any newly identified hazard and participate in devising suitable operational control to eliminate/minimize the pertinent risk.
- Guide and supervise the team and make sure that they are having all the required PPE and Safe place to work and guide/monitor the team in order to make sure that all safety measures are implemented
- Report immediately any HSE incident and cooperate in investigation
- Use appropriate PPE at work area and be aware of:
- the risks appropriate PPE will control or minimize
- Report immediately in case the PPE is worn off or lost.
- Communicate to their immediate manager any unsafe work practice or condition and opportunities for improvement of HSE practices.
- Take care of your own health and safety and that of people who may be affected by what you do (or do not do).
- Co-operate with others on health and safety, and not interfere with, or misuse, anything provided for your health, safety or welfare.
Performance Monitoring
- Continual Development
- Complete requirements for appropriate professional trainings in specified time frames.
- Regular reading of professional journals and other technical literature.
- Attend appropriate courses/seminars.
- Progress towards developing individual distinctive competence targets.
- KPIs
- Time taken to deliver the report to the client
- Quality of report
- Jobs done within the allocated timeframe
- Additional sales, cross-selling, number of commercial opportunities referred
- Client satisfaction and return sales
- Shared information, Best practice, Knowledge Management
- Technical capability.
